We analyse weekly calf prices from 2003 to 2009 to assess the impact of two important events which changed the structure of European cattle markets. We find the four European calf markets studied to be integrated. The decoupling of farm payments in the framework of the 2003 reforms of the Common...

The organic sector in Germany has experienced a substantial growth since the beginning of the 1990s until today. During this process of expansion, most organic farms have grown in terms of factor endowment, while others have disappeared or reconverted to conventional agriculture. This paper...

We utilize Viability theory to evaluate the effects of CAP. A differential equation describes the dynamic development of soil productivity. If farmers do without entitlement, they are free in soil handling. And as we assume they are short-term profit maximizers, they miss to pay attention to...

In comparison to flatland agriculture mountainous agriculture is often shaped by small plot sizes, unfavourable climatic conditions and steep slopes. All those conditions make it extraordinarily expensive to implement new technologies and to modernise farms. Consequently our research hypothesis...

Agricultural policy is designed to achieve certain goals. One goal that is of increasing importance in public discussion is ‘public money for public goods’, i.e. the compensation for the provision of public goods and the internalization of externalities. The European Union’s Common...

This paper investigates the impact of labour force composition on productivity in EU arable farming. We test the heterogeneity of family and hired labour for a set of eight EU member states. To this end, we estimate augmented production functions using FADN data for the years 2001-2008. The...

Dieser Beitrag verwendet ein Multiplikatives Wettbewerbsinteraktionsmodell (MCI - Multiplicative Competitive Interaction), eine bekannte Analysemethode in der Marketingforschung, um Änderungen der Farmspezialisierungen im Laufe der Zeit zu erklären. Die Farmspezialisierungsänderungen sind als...